2025 Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi

General Business/Commerce is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #9 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for general business/commerce students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 478 associate degrees in general business/commerce during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Business/Commerce School for Your Associate Degree

The general business associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general business/commerce students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general business/commerce students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general business/commerce related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general business/commerce students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Business/Commerce in Mississippi

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in general business/commerce.

Top Mississippi Schools for an Associate in General Business

1

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, MS

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

205 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in general business/commerce has to check out Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the rural area of Perkinston.More information about a associate in general business/commerce from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

2

Holmes Community College
Goodman, MS

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

93 Annual Graduates

Holmes Community College is a good choice for students pursuing an associate degree in general business/commerce. Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in general business/commerce from Holmes Community College

3

Itawamba Community College
Fulton, MS

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

81 Annual Graduates

Itawamba Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in general business/commerce. Located in the rural area of Fulton, ICC is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in general business/commerce from Itawamba Community College

Best General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	232	43
North Carolina	231	104
Georgia	217	479
West Virginia	180	338
Tennessee	170	193
Arkansas	161	419
Virginia	158	313
Kentucky	129	66
Louisiana	124	569
Alabama	109	61
South Carolina	105	364

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Business

One of 0 majors within the General Business/Commerce area of study, General Business/Commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Consulate General Munich. More about our data sources and methodologies.